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Dr. Michael Devlin explains liposuction candidacy and related misconceptions. Liposuction is not a weight loss treatment. Instead, it is intended to help patients who are near their ideal weight enhance their contours by removing about five liters of excess fatty tissue.
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Liposuction is a procedure
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that's ideally designed
to contour a patient.
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A lot of patients
come in that are overweight,
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have a large BMI,
and they think that liposuction
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is going to take care of that.
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Liposuction is not meant
as a weight loss procedure.
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In fact, we have pretty good guidelines
on how much fat we can remove
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at one time in one setting,
which is about five liters.
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The ideal candidate for liposuction
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is somebody who just needs
some contouring of some problem areas
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that they'd like to further define.
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Recovery for liposuction
is just a couple of days.
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You can pretty much
get back to your normal activity
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the very next day.
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You're just going to be a little bit sore.
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But as far
as restrictions to your activity,
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there's not going
to be a whole lot of restrictions
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to your activity.
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Liposuction procedure itself can take
anywhere from one hour to three hours,
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depending on how many different areas
that we're working on.
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Whether we're working
on your back or your front,
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as we'd have to turn you during surgery,
can add a little additional time.
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But on average, it's anywhere
from one hour to three hours
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for liposuction.
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You're going to see pretty good results
even after about two-weeks time.
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But like I said, about three months
before you see the final result.